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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7064099 | Process for the production of particulate detergents A process for the production of particulate detergents or premixes suitable for their production by application of a flowable acidic component to a particle consisting at least partly of an alkaline detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of alkali m... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063151 | Methods of preparing and using coated particulates The present invention involves methods of preparing coated particulates and using such coated particulates in subterranean applications such as production enhancement and sand control. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of preparing coated par... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060408 | Liquid toner comprising encapsulated pigment, methods and uses Liquid electrographic toner compositions are provided that comprise at least one visual enhancement additive encapsulated within an amphipathic copolymer. The amphipathic copolymer comprises one or more S portions and one or more D portions. Methods of making and me... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060350 | COMPOSITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND MAGNETIC MOLDING MATERIAL, MAGNETIC POWDER COMPRESSION MOLDING MATERIAL, AND MAGNETIC PAINT USING THE COMPOSITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL, COMPOSITE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND MOLDING MATERIAL, POWDER COMPRESSION MOLDING MATERIAL, PAINT, PREPREG, AND SUBSTRATE USING THE COMPOSITE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, AND ELECTRONIC PART A composite magnetic material including a resin and generally spherical magnetic metal particles of at least one type dispersed in the resin and consisting essentially of single crystal grains, the metal particles having a mean particle size of 0.1 to 10 μm and eac... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059975 | Two-piece solid golf ball A two-piece solid golf ball having long flight distance when hit by a middle iron club to a driver, large spin amount when hit by a short iron club and the like and excellent controllability, while maintaining good shot feel as good as thread wound golf ball, said g... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056962 | Modified pigments having improved dispersing properties Various modified pigment products are described which are preferably capable of being dispersed in a variety of materials such as coatings, inks, toners, films, plastics, polymers, elastomers, and the like. The modified pigments are pigments having attached groups, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052413 | Multi-layer high spin golf ball A golf ball comprising a core of one or more layers, a cover layer of one or more layers and a mantle layer disposed between the core and the cover. The mantle layer comprises a thermoplastic material, preferably having a hardness of greater than 60 Shore D and a Ba... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049353 | Polymer nanocomposites and methods of preparation High-use temperature, lightweight polymer/inorganic nanocomposite materials are described having enhanced thermal stability and performance characteristics. These materials are made possible by new methods for synthesizing composite materials that enhance the therma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048976 | Cooling article involving evaporation of water from a polymer absorbent The invention relates to a cooling article comprising a polymer absorbent enclosed within a bag delimited by a collapsible envelope having non-watertight walls, wherein said polymer absorbent is under the form of particles each of which comprises a core of less cros... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049000 | Water-swellable material comprising coated water-swellable polymers This invention relates to a water-swellable material comprising water-swellable polymers that are coated with a coating agent that comprises a phase-separating elastomeric material, which allows swelling of the water-swellable polymers, without breakage of the coati... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047883 | Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Apparatus and related methods align magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank not... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045212 | Color metallic pigment and resin composition containing color metallic pigment In order to provide a color metallic pigment capable of implementing diverse colors, excellent in finished appearance and weather resistance and manufacturable by a safe and simple manufacturing method, a color metallic pigment comprising metal particles and a singl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042227 | Current determination in a permanent magnet electric machine A method and system for determining a torque current in an electric machine coupled to a polyphase bus. The method comprises: detecting a rotational position of the electric machine with a position encoder; controlling an inverter comprising a plurality of switching... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041769 | Polyurethane compositions for golf balls Polyurethane and polyurea compositions for golf balls with improved stability of the curative blend, wherein the curative blend includes a pigment, a curing agent, and a compatible freezing point depressing agent so that the curative blend has a lower freezing point... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040797 | Method of producing composition comprising thermoplastic resin and rubber Provided is a method of producing a composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a rubber, wherein a solid rubber is molten by a rubber kneading machine and fed into an extruder, and the molten rubber is melt-kneaded with the thermoplastic resin in the extruder.... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041006 | Golf balls including solution blended polymeric composite and method of making same Golf balls having a portion or layer formed from a polymeric composite that preferably includes at least two polymers with distinct microstructures. In particular, the balls can include a polybutadiene having at least about 80 percent cis-isomer polybutadiene blende... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041148 | Coated ferromagnetic particles and compositions containing the same High-permeability, low-core-loss soft magnetic composite materials, compositions containing the same, and methods for making the same are described. These magnetic materials are made by forming fiber or flake shaped particles from a ferromagnetic material, annealing... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041345 | Chiral compounds III The invention relates to chiral compounds of formula (I) wherein Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, X1, X2, X3 and X4 have the meaning given in claim 1, to liquid crystalline mixtures comprising at... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041371 | Polyethylene glycol-modified semiconductor nanoparticles, method for producing the same, and material for biological diagnosis This invention provides PEG-modified semiconductor nanoparticles of which fluorescence intensity is effectively inhibited from lowering, which are capable of forming a stable dispersion in water, and which are capable of bonding easily with biomolecules having speci... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041743 | Thin-layer-covered golf ball with improved velocity A golf ball comprising a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than 200,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; and a cover layer comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having no greater than 7.5 perc... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037583 | Functionalized zirconium oxide particles Metal oxide nanoparticles having at least some surface acid sites functionalized with an adhesion promoter and at least some surface acid sites functionalized with a coupling agent. The nanoparticles are useful in forming composites comprising photopolymerizable mat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037865 | Composite materials New composite materials having a high density of small particles, such as hollow microspheres, in a matrix material are disclosed. The microspheres are densely packed in the matrix material such that adjacent microspheres are positioned in contact with each other or... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035308 | Method and system for countering laser technology Described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser detection systems using nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033639 | Polyaniline coating composition A coating composition including a polyaniline particle and a binder is provided. The polyaniline particle contains a core polymer particle with strong acid groups and an attached polyaniline polymer, and has a particle diameter in a select range. Coatings prepared f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029601 | Aligned cholesteric liquid crystal inks In color printing, and in the fine arts, cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color inks are known to possess much higher color saturation and brightness than conventional pigment and dyed based inks. However, prior art CLC ink formulations are inconvenient because in t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029763 | Light-emitting phosphor particles and electroluminescent devices employing same Light-emitting substance-coated phosphor particles and light-emitting devices employing phosphor particles and light-emitting substances are provided. Also provided are light-emitting devices employing a layer of phosphor material that is covered by at least one lay... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026051 | Method of treating the surface of substrates In order to provide a method by means of which the surface of substrates can be protected from corrosive attack and which, in particular, avoids the necessity for oxidative treatment to form oxide layers on surfaces or for phosphatizing or chromatizing treatment ste... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026395 | Golf balls having a cover layer formed from an ionomer and metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin blend and methods of making same The disclosed invention provides a golf ball including a core and a cover of at least two layers, wherein the at least one cover layer includes an inner cover layer of at least one ionomer resin and an outer cover formed from a polymer blend including at least one g... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026382 | Conductive resin composition A conductive resin composition primarily comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin, (B) 5–2,000 parts by weight of a conductive filler, and (C) 0.1–300 parts by weight of organic resin or rubber particulates has a low volume re... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026014 | Surface modification of substrates The present invention is directed to a practically universal surface modification process and the materials thereby obtained. In general, the process includes initial epoxy modification of a substrate surface by attachment of an epoxy-containing polymer to the surfa... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026277 | Fabric care composition The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has β-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025912 | Microcapsule and manufacturing method thereof A microcapsule in which a capsule wall of the microcapsule comprises a first polymer component. A surface of the capsule wall is modified with a second polymer component that is formed from a monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated bond. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021379 | Methods and compositions for enhancing consolidation strength of proppant in subterranean fractures Improved methods and compositions for consolidating proppant in fractures formed in subterranean zones are provided. An improvement of this invention comprises using proppant particles having a coating of hardenable resin including a gel breaker. The gel breaker fac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021982 | Manufacturing of field emission display screens by application of phosphor particles and conductive binders Conductive or semiconductive binders, both inorganic and organic, are used for providing sufficient binding action to hold powder phosphor particles together, as well as to the glass screen of a field emission display device. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018712 | Reducing concentration of organic materials with substituted cyclodextrin compound in polyester packaging materials Volatile organic compound or other materials are produced in the thermoplastic manufacture of thermoplastic polyester beverage containers. Such materials can be eluted into beverages such as carbonated beverages, sparkling or still water from the polyester. Such the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019050 | Alternate dispersants for spray-dried concentrate components Concentrates and method of making concentrates are disclosed. The concentrates may be incorporated into thermoformable articles as a concentrate powder or as a paste. Thermoformable articles, such as fibers, containing the concentrates and methods of making the ther... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019042 | Thixotropic agent that can be activated using actinic radiation, a method for its production and the use thereof A novel thixotropic agent comprising urea crystals which comprises at least one compound containing at least one functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation; a novel process for preparing a thixotropic agent comprising ure... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015271 | Hydrophobic particulate inorganic oxides and polymeric compositions containing same Described are hydrophobic particulate inorganic oxides useful for reinforcing polymeric composition, e.g., rubber. The materials are characterized by: (a) the substantial absence of functional groups capable of chemical reaction with rubber; (b) a BET surface area o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015300 | Multilayered golf ball and composition A multilayer golf ball formed of a core, a cover layer and an optional intermediate layer disposed between the core and cover, wherein at least one layer includes a composition including a diisocyanate, a polyol or amine-terminated compound, and a curing agent, wher... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016632 | Electrophotographic toner and development process using chemically prepared toner Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magne... | 03/21/2006 |
